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Postby Wedgy » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:00 am

In 1964: Play School was the first programme to be broadcast on new TV channel BBC Two.
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Postby Mayfly » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:38 am

In 1982 Cluny was born!!!!!! :))
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Postby RLN » Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:11 pm

The Princess Elizabeth was born in 1926.
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Postby Spitfire » Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:17 pm

43 BC - Marcus Antonius was defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.
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Postby Xplumberlives » Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:16 pm

Spitfire wrote:43 BC - Marcus Antonius was defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.



And did he wear an anorak? :p
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Postby Spitfire » Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:27 pm

Xplumberlives wrote:
Spitfire wrote:43 BC - Marcus Antonius was defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy.



And did he wear an anorak? :p


No he had on the Italian styled Togamak :p :p
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Postby Dickon » Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:57 pm

Wedgy wrote:In 1964: Play School was the first programme to be broadcast on new TV channel BBC Two.



Oh Fantastic thanks for that :p

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Postby Xplumberlives » Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:12 pm

Dickon wrote:
Wedgy wrote:In 1964: Play School was the first programme to be broadcast on new TV channel BBC Two.



Oh Fantastic thanks for that :p

:))


A note of sarcasm there oh thin one! ;)
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Postby Wedgy » Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:55 am

In 1915: The Germans first used poison gas on the Western Front.
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Postby RLN » Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:46 pm

Quarter past 7? I thought it was the Yanks who were late for the war, not the Germans. They're usually punctual.
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Postby Mayfly » Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:20 pm

1838: The British ship Sirius reached New York to become the first to cross the Atlantic under steam power.
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Postby Mayfly » Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:20 pm

1990: Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
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Postby Jigsaw » Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:26 pm

Blimey...20 years ago.
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Postby Tom.com » Sun Apr 25, 2010 6:55 pm

Hasn't got long left now has it..
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Postby Xplumberlives » Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:35 am

I thought they fitted Duracell bateries!
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Postby Wedgy » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:21 am

1970: The death of American 'queen of burlesque', Gypsy Rose Lee.
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Postby Wedgy » Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:14 am

1828: London Zoon first opened as a collection for scientific study.
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Re: On this day ...

Postby Nickolas » Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:46 am

Wedgy wrote:1828: London Zoon first opened as a collection for scientific study.


That'll be London Zoo then........ :)) :)) :))
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Re: On this day ...

Postby Cluny » Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:31 pm

Oops , day late .
26th April 1986 - Chernobyl .
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Postby Sooty655 » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:58 am

...Mussolini got his just desserts in 1945.
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Postby Wedgy » Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:45 am

1930: The first telephone link was established between Britain and Australia.
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Re: On this day ...

Postby Cluny » Fri Apr 30, 2010 6:14 pm

1965 - The White Van Man is born / the first Ford Transit rolls of the production line at Dagenham .

1945 - Hitler commits suicide .
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Re: On this day ...

Postby Mayfly » Sat May 01, 2010 3:49 pm

1997 Toni Blair elected PM of UK :(
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Re: On this day ...

Postby Xplumberlives » Sat May 01, 2010 4:13 pm

Mayfly wrote:1997 Toni Blair elected PM of UK :(





NOTHING to be pleased about! ~x(

And you spelt his name wrong, it's BLIAR! :ymapplause:
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Postby Mayfly » Sat May 01, 2010 4:22 pm

Did I put a smiling smiley?
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